ASCS Southwest Opener at USA Raceway on Saturday
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 15, 2010) – Arizona race fans
had the opportunity to watch the wingless ASCS Canyon Region ranks
open up the 2010 season at Tucson’s USA Raceway this past weekend.
Now, just seven nights later, they’ll get to witness the winged
forces of the ASCS Southwest Region for the first time in 2010 as
the series lifts the lid on its season at USA Raceway this Saturday
night.
And, the driver gunning for a three-peat will be Rick Ziehl of Las
Cruces, NM, after capturing the ASCS Southwest crown in both 2008
and 2009.
Ziehl will be hoping for better winged luck this weekend than he
experienced on Saturday night in the wingless ASCS Canyon Region
opener, when his night was cut short by engine problems in heat race
action.
After a pair of DNF’s to start the 2008 season, Ziehl reeled off
eleven top-five feature finishes in a row to take the title by a
narrow 22-point margin over Shawn Sander.
The 2009 season featured another fierce championship points
battle, with Ziehl earning the crown by just seven points over Ben
Gregg.
Ziehl has captured one feature win over each of the past two seasons
en route to the title.
While Gregg fell little more than a handful of points shy of Ziehl
last year, National Rookie of the Year Joshua Hodges (gone Lucas Oil
National this year), John Gaston and Ronnie Clark were in the mix
all the way as well, with Charles Davis, Jr., John Van Horn, Mike
Martin, Jessica Van Dyke and Joshua Williams filling out the balance
of the top ten.
Saturday's ASCS Southwest Region action at USA Raceway is slated to
go green at 6:45 p.m.
The 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval is located east of Tucson off
I-10 Exit 268, then 1.6 mile south on Craycroft Road, which turns
into Los Reales. For more
information, contact the track at 520-574-8515.
The Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region is currently slated for 17
overall nights of competition in 2010, including 11 nights in
Arizona and three New Mexico weekend doubles.
In its 19th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing, the
American Sprint Car Series brings the best of Sprint Car racing to
approximately 100 different tracks throughout 30 states and Canada.
Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N
Filters, ASCS also consists of eleven different Regions throughout
the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is
available at www.ascsracing.com.
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